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| Legal News and Views from Conkie & Company • Lawyers • January 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timber From a Bygone EraBrick and heavy timber are characteristic of Vancouver's earliest architecture. Conkie and Company's offices in historic Yaletown, feature these impressive beams that have since been replaced by steel and glass as the city's chief architectural elements. Read more about Vancouver's architecture...
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Government:For Your Eyes Only (And the FBI's)A report by the B.C. Privacy Commissioner says private Canadian and B.C. data could be accessed by U.S. authorities, despite government assurances to contrary ... Sidebar: U.S. Expert Says Canadian Data Not SecureAn American legal expert says the USA PATRIOT Act could be used to gain access to Canadian records in the hands of U.S. based companies ... Supreme Court:SCC Appointments: Our Expectations Are HighThe appointments of Madam Justices Rosalie Abella and Louise Charron herald a bright future for equality in Canada ... U.S. and Canadian Courts: A Study in ContrastCourts in Canada and the U.S. seem to be heading in two very different directions. The President is poised to make more conservative appointments to the Supreme Court and several states have stated unequivocally where they stand on same-sex marriage and abortion ... Judgments:Discrimination Against Women Justified, SCC DecidesThe Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Newfoundland government was justified in discriminating against women workers when it withheld retroactive pay equity payments ... Ontario Drops 'Spouse in the House' AppealThe Ontario government dropped its plans to appeal a ruling against its controversial "spouse in the house" law to the Supreme Court of Canada ... Jewelery Designers Win Copyright DecisionIn an important decision last month, judges of the Federal Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that jewelry designs are protected by copyright ... Firm Notes:What's New at Conkie & CompanyNew colleagues and associates, clients in the news ... Our Website PickA great legal resource for technology news on the Internet ... Good Works:Conkie & Company in the CommunityWomen Lawyers Forum ... UBC Law Alumni Association ... LEAF and more ... |
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